Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics: Volume 3 Black Caribs A Case Study in Biocultural AdaptationJames H. Mielke, Michael Crawford Springer US, 1984 - 396 páginas While the previous two volumes in this series were based upon methodol ogy, theory, and the relationship between ecology and population structure, this book can be viewed as an in-depth case study. The population genetics of a multitude of diverse groups geographically distributed throughout the world was examined in the first two volumes. In contrast, this volume focuses upon a single ethnic group, the Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Central America and St. Vincent Island, and explores the interrelationships among the ethnohistory, sociocultural characteristics, demography, morphology, and genetic structure of the group. This volume offers a broad and intensive treatment of the Black Caribs and their interactions with surrounding populations. My interest in the genetics of the Black Caribs was sparked by an accidental meeting in Amsterdam, Holland, in March 1975. A conversation with Nancie Gonzalez at the Applied Anthropology Meetings revealed the "truth-is-stranger than·fiction" history of the Black Carib peoples of the Caribbean. This was a popUlation with a small-sized founding group and a unique biological success story. Nancie Gonzalez was particularly interested in estimating the Carib Indian admixture in the contemporary Garifuna popUlation. Given my previous experi ence in estimating Spanish and African admixture in the Tlaxcaltecan population (whose gene pool consisted predominantly of Indian alleles), a group that appeared to be primarily African with some Indian admixture was of great interest. Aside from the ethnohistorical interest, I believe that such a population may add conSiderably to our understanding of the inheritance of complex morphological traits. |
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Geographical Foundations | 13 |
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admixture estimates allele Amerindian analysis ancestry Anthropol Anthropology anthropometric Belize City Belizean Biacromial width Black Carib Black Carib population blood group blood pressure level British Honduras Carib and Creole Caribbean census Central America Chapter Chest depth component Corozal cultural Dangriga dermatoglyphic differentiation distance distribution East Indians endogamy ethnic groups European factors Firschein Garifuna Garifuna and Creoles Garifuna children Garifuna males gene frequencies gene pool genetic Gonzalez Guatemala Gullick haplotypes haptoglobin height hemoglobin Hopkins hybrid hypertensive interethnic mating Ladino length Livingston males mixed Caribs mothers nasal width Negro non-Carib normotensive Owia pattern Percent phenotypes Photovolt protein Punta Gorda ridge counts Roatan Sambo Creek sample Sandy Bay settlement sex ratio sickle cell significant skin color Spanish Stann Creek statistics Subscapular skinfold systolic Table tested Tlaxcala Total traits Triceps skinfold Ulnar University Upper arm circumference variables variation villages Vincent Island Vincent males West African women
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